While fleeing from Cossack marauders, Rabbi Shabse Cohen (known to future generations as the "Shach") and his young daughter are separated in a forest. the child, ill and unconscious with a burning fever, is rescued by the kind of Poland himself. This is the beginning of Esther`s life as companion to the king`s daughter.

What does the class clown have to do with the terrifying dangers of a thundering waterfall? Could there be a connection between atzedakahcollector sitting silently in an Israelishuland a hero escaping from the KGB? Is the genius who became a dreamer hiding a sad secret?

Eleven-year-old Debbie Solomon didn`t know her Bat Mitzvah year would be such an adventure. Her best friend develops a nose for trouble, her swimming rival is a winner in more ways than one, and her parents just don`t understand -or do they?

The twenty-two year saga of the Schapiro brothers of Slavita tugged at the hearts of all Russian Jewry. Their famed mesirus nefesh - refusing to take one step without a yarmulke on their head while being beaten brutally by hundreds of hostile soldiers - was legendary throughout the country.

While the flames of the Chanukah candles draw your soul into the history of our eternal survival, these Chanukah tales will light up your heart - travel across the world and through the centuries with stories of bravery, loyalty, family sacrifice, brotherly love, and most of all...miracles!